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The___surface area of the room is equal to the area of 4 walls.

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The lateral surface of an object is the area of all the sides of the object, excluding the area of its base and top.

For a cube the lateral surface area would be the area of four sides. Consider the edge of the cube as a . The area of one square face Aface = a ⋅ a = a2. Thus the lateral surface of a cube will be the area of four faces: a ⋅ a ⋅ 4 = 4a2.


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